but for every success story, there are also stories of veterans who come home and struggle to find a job worthy of their experience and worthy of their talent. veterans like nick holgan. when nick was in afghanistan, he served as a combat medic with the 82nd airborne. he helped fro people escape from a flooding river. he earned a bronze star for his actions. when nick got back home to wyoming, he couldn t get a job as a first responder. so he ended up having to take classes through the post-9/11 gi bill, classes he could have easily taught just so he could qualify for the same duties at home that he was doing every single day in afghanistan. they re veterans like maria canalas. she was a financial specialist
maria, i know you now are you in the process of getting your mba or feel the need to do that to get a job? both, i m in the process of getting it and i feel that i m not able to market myself properly unless i have all this education and the economy is not in a proper place right now and we re competing against, you know, professionals that have had great experiences, great work, tons of education so i feel the need to not just have bachelor s degree, to excel and get an mba so i can market myself a little bit better. it s difficult to try to convey that to someone. if anyone out there has a job for these wonderful three women, erin, maria and megan, let us know. fox and friends.com and we ll pass along that information. good luck to all three of you. thank you. steve, brian? thanks very much. $105 billion tucked in the health care bill is just beginning. where else is the government hiding money? peter johnson jr. is front and center and brings us beltway
and also, as you point out, a lot of flash flooding through porp porp portions through the great state of new jersey. 40 s along the central plain states. 70 s and 80 s and along the gulf coast. that s a look at the ash wednesday weather. thank you very much, female who s have fought for their country in iraq and afghanistan are fighting another enemy. unemployment when they come home. government data shows women coming off military service are finding it more difficult to find a job than women who have never served. erin lloyd is a former master at arms in the united states navy and former staff sergeant maria canalas served as a finance specialist and megan o donahue served in detainee operations in the army national guard. sounds like a pretty full resume for the three of you women, right? yes. let me start with you, erin, i know you just recently got an accounting degree at rutgers